German fashion brand Hugo Boss is in talks to grab 70,000 square feet of office space at 55 Water Street, one of the city’s biggest commercial properties.

The tenant is close to signing a lease at the 3.8 million-square-foot, 53-story property, owned by Retirement Systems of Alabama. It is also considering 100,000 square feet at the Durst Organization’s One World Trade Center. Hugo Boss offices would be relocated from the Starrett Lehigh Building at 601 West 26th Street in Chelsea. [more]

Three firms have made deals to occupy a total of 23,265 square feet at the recently-built 250 West 55th Street.

Veracen Partners, RTW Investments & LifeSci Capital and Coltrane Asset Management have each signed leases for 11,263 square feet, 7,196 square feet and 4,806 square feet, respectively, at the nearly one million square-foot office property at Eighth Avenue. All three companies will occupy a portion of the 16th floor of the 38-story office tower. [more]

Tribeca Pointe, a 42-story rental complex in Battery Park City, is expected to sell for at least $300 million.

Rockrose Development tapped a team of Studley brokers, including Woody Heller, Will Silverman, Eric Negrin, and Daniel Parker, to market the 285,000-square-foot building. The developer is seeking a buyer who would either convert the 80 percent portion of the 80/20 affordable housing setup into condominiums, or continue to operate the entire property at 41 River Terrace as a rental. [more]

In another sign of the surging interest in shared-office space, Kenart Realties signed the Yard to the full office component at 234 Fifth Avenue at 27th Street.

The Yard, a shared office specialist, agreed to sign up for 15 years in an 18,000-square-foot space near Madison Square Park. This is the company’s third outpost after 85 Delancey Street in the Lower East Side and 33 Nassau Avenue in Greenpoint. Lance Leighton and Evan Margolin, both of Studley, represented the Yard, while Peter Waters represented Kenart in-house. [more]

The Brearley School, a private girl’s school, has hired commercial real estate brokerage Studley as it explores a possible expansion of its campus or consolidation of its three Upper East Side properties, according to a letter sent to parents and alumnae yesterday. [more]

Savills’ presence in Asia and Europe would help expand the reach of Studley, which does not operate outside of the U.S. Although Studley has offices in Boston, Washington, D.C., and Chicago, it is smaller in scope than its rivals Jones Lang LaSalle, Cushman & Wakefield and CBRE Group. Indeed, Studley works solely with tenants and would continue to do so after a potential merger, unnamed sources said. [more]

Hot on the heels of signing Canada’s pension fund and an investment firm, Boston Properties has sewed up two more full floors at its 510 Madison Avenue trophy tower, including the top floor — which commanded a starting rent of $130 per square foot, The Real Deal has learned from CompStak. [more]

There are subplots and there are subleases. At 2 Park Avenue, the two are coming together in a way. Swedish media company Bonnier Corp., which publishes Popular Science and Outdoor Life, is subleasing 27,000 square feet of its space in Morgan Stanley’s office building to book marketer Bookspan, The Real Deal has learned from CompStak. [more]

The Government of Slovenia is moving its office a few blocks north, the New York Observer reported.

The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the United Nations signed a 15-year lease to occupy the entire 20th floor at 630 Third Avenue. The new office will be approximately 5,829 square feet. The government outpost is scheduled to move from its current address at 600 Third Avenue to its new home on the corner of 41st Street in September. [more]

The media outlet known for kitty GIFs and other quirky news is moving into a 57,691-square-foot space at 200 Fifth Avenue between West 23rd and West 24th streets, the New York Post reported. BuzzFeed will sublease the entire eighth floor from jewelry titan Tiffany for two years.